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Postoperative pain trajectories over the first four days varied significantly across 83 cardiac surgery patients, with 24 experiencing decreasing pain, 24 increasing pain, and 35 constant pain.
Observational (n=83)
Postoperative pain trajectories in cardiac surgery patients vary significantly across individuals, with roughly equal proportions experiencing decreasing, increasing, or constant pain over the first four days.
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May warrant trajectory-informed analgesia after cardiac surgery; leaves open whether classification improves outcomes.
Chapman et al. (2012) conducted an observational in Cardiac surgery (n=83). Recovery from cardiac surgery was evaluated on Acute pain trajectories (slope/rate of change). Postoperative pain trajectories over the first four days varied significantly across 83 cardiac surgery patients, with 24 experiencing decreasing pain, 24 increasing pain, and 35 constant pain.
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